LC - MSMS

✓The award criteria and their weighting are set out partly generically and partly specifically.

✓Such as in the Anlagen text following § 58 VgV, the economically most advantageous tender is determined on the basis of price, quality, technical value, suitability, customer service/technical assistance, environmental characteristics, aesthetics, and delivery conditions, with individual weightings to be filled by the authority.

✓The LC‑MS/MS Leistungsbeschreibung concretises this: price accounts for up to 30 points (formula: cheapest offer/current bidder’s price × 30), and further point‑weighted criteria are described (e.g. availability of application notes/publications for specific analyte groups, performance demonstrated by test measurements, functionality and usability of software views, service concept, options).

✓Zuschlagskriterien are explicitly “in der Leistungsbeschreibung aufgezählt und mit Punktwert versehen”; only information substantiated by the required documentation (such as manufacturer’s specifications, test‑measurement results) can be scored, otherwise 0 points are given for that criterion.

✓Risks and special conditions arise from the ZVB, VOL/B and tender specifications.

✓Such as in VOL/B § 11 and ZVB, contractual penalties (“Vertragsstrafe”) can be agreed, particularly for exceeding execution deadlines, up to 0.5 % per week of the non‑usable part of the service and max. 8 %.

✓Security (Sicherheitsleistung) may be required above certain order values under VOL/A/VOL/B § 18; if so, it is typically provided as money deposit or bank/insurer guarantee under German law with strict formal requirements.

✓Subcontracting and “Unterauftragnehmer/Nachunternehmer” are only allowed with prior consent of the contracting authority; planned subcontracted parts and subcontractors must be named in the offer, and their own suitability must be proven.

✓Bietergemeinschaften must submit a joint declaration and are jointly and severally liable.

✓The binding period (Bindefrist/Zuschlagsfrist) and the offer deadline (Angebotsfrist) are determined in the Aufforderung zur Abgabe eines Angebots; the offer is electronically submitted via the Vergabeportal with specific signature requirements (text form or qualified e‑signature) and is excluded if these are not met.

✓Questions and clarifications must be raised promptly in text form before bid submission; additional AGB of the bidder are expressly forbidden and lead to exclusion.

❓Site visits are not explicitly mandated but technical questions on installation requirements must be sent in writing; non‑realizable installation prerequisites can lead to exclusion.

✓Contradictions or corrections within the documents are resolved by a strict hierarchy of contractual documents.

✓Such as in VOL/B § 1 and the ZVB, in case of conflict the following order applies: (a) Leistungsbeschreibung (including the specific LC‑MS/MS specification), (b) Besondere Vertragsbedingungen/BVB, (c) Ergänzende Vertragsbedingungen/EVB, (d) Zusätzliche Vertragsbedingungen/ZVB, (e) allgemeine technische Vertragsbedingungen, (f) Allgemeine Vertragsbedingungen VOL/B.

✓Price‑indication rules that differ (net vs. gross) must be read systematisch: the project‑specific Leistungsbeschreibung (prices incl. VAT) applies to the LC‑MS/MS tender, while general Bewerbungsbedingungen (prices net plus VAT at end) reflect a standard template; where both cannot be reconciled, the Leistungsbeschreibung has priority.